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Creating Content

As part of Udemy’s plan to expand the global reach of instructors, and help make course content more accessible to students around the world, Udemy provides auto-generated captions in English, Spanish and Portuguese for video lectures in these respective languages. If you wish to improve and edit the auto-generated captions that were generated for your course, you can do so by using Udemy’s caption editing tool. In addition, you can also use the tool to edit captions that you’ve created and uploaded yourself.

Please note that the caption editing tool cannot be used to create new captions for your course. For steps on how to create new captions for your video lectures, please click here.

If you would like to use the captions editing tool to improve the captions that have been added to your course, please follow the steps below:

1) Click Captions on the left hand side of the Course Management page.

2) On the captions page, click Edit on the right hand side of the lecture you wish to edit the captions for. You will be directed to the caption editing tool.

3) Navigate between the caption entries by clicking the text in the right column of the editing tool, or by clicking around the progress bar of the video player, which corresponds with the timestamp.

4) As you watch the lecture video, you can make edits to the captions in each timestamp entry, by clicking on the entry and typing in the change. As you type your edits in the caption entry on the right, you will also be able to see the changes on the lecture player screen.

5) Once you’re done editing the captions, click Save and Publish at the top right of the page

Please note: after clicking Save and Publish, the changes to the course captions will become live in your course. If you exit the captions editing tool without publishing the changes you’ve made, any changes you’ve made will be discarded.

Resetting Captions

If you decide you would like to reset any changes you've made to auto-generated captions with the editing tool, you can do so by using the reset function.

Please note: taking this action will restore auto-generated captions to their original state, as they were when they were first uploaded by Udemy.

1) Click Captions on the left hand side of the Course Management page.

2) On the captions page, click the ellipses on the right hand side of the lecture you wish to reset the captions for.

3) Click Reset. The captions will be reset to the original auto-generated text.

Deleting Captions

If you wish to delete a caption file you created and uploaded to a lecture, then click on the ellipses on the right hand side, and select Delete. Please note that deleting a caption file cannot be undone.

Auto-generated caption files cannot be deleted. They can either be edited, by following the steps outlined above, replaced with a caption file you’ve created and uploaded, or disabled in bulk by clicking the “Disable” button on your Captions page.

As part of Udemy’s plan to expand the global reach of instructors, and help make course content more accessible to students around the world, we provide auto-generated captions in English, Spanish and Portuguese for video lectures instructed in these respective languages.

Captions can make courses easier to comprehend when the course isn't taught in the native language of a student. Further, captions reinforce learning and make courses accessible to hearing-impaired students.

This article includes answers to the frequently asked questions we receive regarding the automatically generated captions program.

How are the automatic captions created?

The automatically generated captions are generated using speech recognition technology.

When will auto-generated captions be added to new courses?

English, Spanish, and Portuguese auto-generated captions will be generated for new courses in these respective languages after the course has been submitted to our review team for approval, but before the course is published and open to enrollments on the marketplace.

Once my course has received auto-generated captions, if I publish a new lecture video, will they receive auto-generated captions as well?

Yes. New, videos in English, Spanish or Portuguese that are published in your courses will receive auto-generated captions.

Will I be notified when my course has received automatically generated captions?

Yes. Once auto-generated captions have been added to your course you will be notified on the Captions page, and you will also receive a notification in the notifications bell.

How will the auto-generated captions be indicated on the course landing page?

If a course has received auto-generated captions, then “auto-generated” will appear beside the captions icon on the course landing page. If a significant amount of the auto-generated captions are edited by the instructor, however, then “Auto-generated”will be removed from the captions icon.

Can I request that auto-generated captions in languages other than English, Spanish or Portuguese be added to my course?

Currently, the captioning program is limited to creating captions for English, Spanish or Portuguese content only. For more information on how to do this, please click here.

Can I edit the auto-generated captions myself?

Yes. If you would like to improve and edit the auto-generated captions that were generated for your course, you can do so by using the captions editing tool. For steps on how to use the editing tool, please click here.

Can I still upload my own captions to my course?

Yes. Instructors can still upload and use captions they’ve created for the course, and these captions will be utilized instead of the auto-generated captions. For steps on how to do this, please refer to this article.

Can I disable the captions myself?

Yes. If you wish to disable the captions for your course, you can do so by clicking on Disable at the top right hand of the Captions page. Please note that disabling the captions will also disable transcripts for the course.

It says the automatically generated captions were disabled due to “low quality”. How is this determined?

Captions can receive a low quality rating for several reasons, some of which include poor audio levels in the video lecture, background noise, or unrecognizable words. In these cases, the automatic captions will be disabled. Students that specifically requested the captions due to a hearing impairment, however, will still be able to utilize them.

Instructors can re-enable the captions by downloading the caption file, editing it in a text editor, and then re-uploading it to the associated lectures. Steps on how to do this are posted above.

The assignments feature provides instructors with a comprehensive way for students to apply the knowledge and skills they’ve gained in your course. With assignments, instructors can create various questions for students to answer regarding the course concepts. In addition, instructors can upload instructions and solutions in video format, and provide feedback on the completed assignments students submit.

After students complete the assignment, they can compare their work with the instructor’s solutions, and receive feedback from their fellow students if they wish.

This article outlines how you can create assignments for your course, and in doing so, connect your students' new skills and knowledge with a real-world application.

Creating an Assignment

1. Navigate to the Curriculum page in your course management tools.

2. On the side, hover your cursor over the grey space within a section, where you want the assignment to be placed.

3. Click the + icon that appears and then Assignment. to begin creating the assignment.

4. Enter the assignment title and click Add Assignment.

Basic Info

After you click on Add Assignment, you can enter the assignment’s basic information by moving your cursor to the assignment title and by clicking on the pencil icon.

The basic information includes the assignment’s title, a description, and the estimated time it will take for students to complete it (in minutes). Once you have entered the assignment’s basic information, click Save to proceed.

Instructions

On this page, you will enter the instructions for the assignment. The instructions can be in either video or text format. If you include both, the instructions in text will appear below the video. Students can add text, images, external links or code to their submissions.

Please note that the instructions must be 65K characters or less. Images that are to be uploaded by a student for their submission must be smaller than 30 MB in size, and can be in .JPG, .PNG. or .BMP file format.

The instructions should describe the activity, the purpose of the assignment, what your students need to do, and list any materials that are needed to complete it. You can also upload any downloadable resources here that students can use to complete the assignment.

Questions

On the Questions page you will create the assignment’s questions. Each assignment must include at least one question. You can add as many questions as you'd like, but please consider that students will type their answers into a text box next to each question.

Once you have finished entering the question, click on Submit. Then, to create another question, click on Add more.

Please note that each assignment can have a maximum of 12 questions added to it.

After you’ve finished creating the assignment’s questions, click on Solutions on the left hand side of the page.

Solutions

On the Solutions page can you can enter answers for the questions you’ve created, and upload a video for your students to view, where you discuss the assignment’s solution. In addition, downloadable resources can also be added to this page.

Please note that the solution for each question must be 65K characters or less.

To enter text responses for the questions you’ve created, click on Add answer, which appears under the question. Once you’ve entered the solution, click Submit.

Previewing and Publishing the Assignment

You can preview the assignment at any time, to see how it will appear to your students, by clicking on Preview at the top right hand of the page.

Once you have entered the assignment’s basic information, instructions, questions and solutions, you can publish the assignment by clicking on Publish to the left of the Preview icon.

Editing the Assignment

If you need to edit the assignment after it’s been published, you can do so at any time. On the course Curriculum page, move your cursor to the assignment, and then click on the pencil icon that appears beside the assignment’s title.

Providing and Reviewing Feedback

After a student has completed an assignment you will receive a notification. You can review their answers and provide feedback by following the steps below:

1. Click on the notification in the bell dropdown menu at the top of the page, or you can also access the feedback option by clicking on Communication and then Assignments in the instructor view (more information here).

2. Completed assignments that have been submitted will appear on this page. You can use the various filter options on the left-hand side to search through the completed assignments, based on the feedback type the assignment’s received (none, instructor only, student only or both), the sharing preference the student chose (instructor only or public), or newest to oldest, and vice versa.

3. Click on the assignment you wish to provide feedback for and enter it in the Give Feedback section. Once you’ve entered your response, click on Submit.

Please note: currently assignments are not supported on the Udemy mobile app. Students can take and complete assignments by opening the lecture in a desktop or laptop computer.

Instructors can create up to 100 assignments and 550 curriculum items in total per course (curriculum items include sections, lectures, quizzes, coding exercises, practice tests and assignments).

If you have any additional questions regarding how to create assignments, please contact Udemy Support.

Practice Tests enable instructors to create comprehensive, long form simulated exams that students can use to assess their knowledge of a particular subject. Similar to Quizzes, Practice Tests are composed of multiple choice or multiple selection questions, but unlike Quizzes, Practice Tests can provide a longer, more robust assessment tool.

They are particularly useful for subjects when students are preparing for a final exam. Examples of these types of exams include the SAT, GMAT, ACT, or the various certification exams used in various professional industries like IT, Architecture, Finance, and Business.

Please note that due to the unique and proprietary nature of many practice tests, they can only be added to paid courses. Instructors can create up to 550 curriculum items for a course (sections, lectures, quizzes, coding exercises, practice tests and assignments).

In addition, instructors can create a new course, composed only of Practice Tests.

How to Add a Practice Test to Your Curriculum

To add a practice test for your course curriculum, follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to the Curriculum page of your course.

2. On the side, hover your cursor over the grey space within a section, where you want the practice test to be placed. Click the + icon that appears and then Practice Test.

3. Enter the practice test’s title, description, how much time students have to complete the exam, and the minimum score students must get in order to pass it. The option to randomize the order of questions and answers in the exam, can also be toggled on here.

Once this information has been entered, click on Add Practice Test to proceed.

The practice test will be added to your curriculum, and you can now begin adding questions to it.

Please note that a maximum of two practice tests can be published in a regular Udemy course. A maximum of 6 practice test lectures, however, can be added to practice test-only courses (see below for more information).

How to Add Questions to a Practice Test

Once you have added the practice test to your curriculum, you can add questions to it, by using either the Add Single Question or Batch Question Uploader options.

Please note: each practice test can include up to 250 questions

To begin, click on Questions on the right-hand side of the Practice Test icon. Next, you will be asked to select either the Add Single Question or Batch Question Uploader option.

Using the Add Single Question Option

Questions can be created and added to a practice test, one-by-one, by using the Add Single Question option.

After you click Add Single Question, you will be prompted to create either a Multiple Choice or Multiple Selection question. The questions in a multiple choice format have only one correct answer. In a multiple selection question, however, more than one correct answer can be selected.

Once you’ve selected the type of question you wish to create, follow these steps to complete it:

Enter the question

Create possible answers. You can write up to 15.

Select the correct answer(s) by clicking on the circle to the left

Enter an explanation as to why that answer is the correct one. If you’re creating a Multiple Selection question, then outline why each answer is correct

Add a Knowledge Area (optional). If your practice test contains groups of questions that focus on certain sub-topics, you can create Knowledge Areas and add questions into them. After students complete the Practice Test, they will see their overall score, as well as their score in each Knowledge Area.

Click Save

After you’ve saved the question, you can add the next questions in the test by repeating the steps outlined above.

Using the Bulk Question Uploader

The Bulk Question Uploader allows you to upload an existing set of questions into a Udemy Practice Test. To use the uploader, first download Udemy's Practice Test Question Template, and format your questions according to the document. A link to download the template will appear after you click on the Bulk Question Uploader option.

You can also access the template by clicking here.The template can be used for either Multiple Choice or Multiple Selection questions.

Please note: when entering your questions and answers into the document, be sure to use the exact same format that's on the template, in order to avoid uploading errors.

Your completed document must retain the same number of columns on the template (even if they're not used)

The formatting for the column titles cannot differ from the formatting used in the template

The Question Type column must include the question type exactly as they're listed on the template. For example: multiple-choice must be written in the cell in this format with the hyphen and casing.

Once you’ve completed the template, return to the Bulk Question Uploader option in the Practice Test, and click on Upload CSVFile.

Previewing the Test

Once you’ve added questions to the Practice Test, you can see how the exam will appear to students, by clicking on Preview

Publishing the Practice Test

Once the practice test is created and the questions have been added, you can make it live in the course by clicking on Publish Practice Test.

Unpublishing a Practice Test

If you need to unpublish a practice test, you can do so by navigating to the course curriculum, and clicking the unpublish icon on the right hand side.

Please note: once a practice test has been published for a course it cannot be deleted. This is to ensure that students will always be able to access their practice test results. You can, however, unpublish the practice test, which will prevent new students who enroll in your course from taking it.

Publish a Practice Test-Only Course

If you wish to create a course that only contains practice tests, follow these steps:

Move your cursor to the Instructor dropdown menu at the top right hand of the page

Please note: practice test-only courses must have a minimum of two practice tests in order to be published to the marketplace. This is to ensure that practice test-only courses are differentiated from other courses in the marketplace. A maximum of 6 practice test lectures can be added to practice test-only courses. Practice test-only courses do not offer a certificate of completion.

Practice Test FAQ

Do students have to finish the exam once they’ve started it? Or can they pause it and return to the practice test later?

If a student needs to leave during the practice test, or they decide they wish to work on something else and they exit the exam, the timer will automatically pause. When they’re ready to return to the practice test, the exam will resume where the student left off.

Can students review their answers and see their final score?

Yes. Students can review all the answers they’ve submitted by clicking on “Review Questions” after they’ve completed the exam. Their final score will also be posted after they complete the test.

Can students take the practice test more than once?

Yes. Just like our quiz feature, students can go back and retake the practice exam as many times as they wish.

Do students have to pass the practice test in order to receive their Certificate of Completion for the course?

No. As long as students complete the practice test, and all of the course’s curriculum items, they will receive a Certificate of Completion, even if they do not pass the exam.

Do practice test-only courses offer a Certificate of Completion?

No. Currently courses that only include practice tests do not offer a Certificate of Completion.

Can students manually mark the practice test as complete?

No. Students must complete each question in the practice test before the system will record the exam as completed.

Coding exercises are an interactive tool you can add to your programming courses, so your students can get practical coding experience. Students can enter code directly onto the page and can run the function without switching programs or screens. The exercises also provide hints for students when they’ve made an entry error, so they can correct the mistake and proceed with their coding.

Udemy now supports syntax highlighting for code blocks and inline code within the Questions and Answers, Quizzes, and Articles.

How to Add Inline Code

Inline code is great to use when you want to highlight a short snippet of code (for example: the definition of a function or the name of a variable) inside a paragraph.

Navigate to the question or answer box where you want to add your code. If you want to attach your code to a question, type your question first.

Then click, Ask a new question

Fill in what you want to say

Highlight the portion that you want to change to inline code

Click on the inline code icon in the tool bar

Click either Post Question or Add an answer

How to Add Code Blocks

Code blocks are great when you want to highlight multiple lines of code.

Navigate to the question or answer box where you wish to enter your code block

If you want to attach your code to a question type your question first.

Enter the code block you wish to include and highlight it

Click on the inline code icon in the tool bar

Then click either Post Question or Add an answer

Your inline code should be nicely highlighted!

Where to Use Code Blocks And Inline Code

Questions & Answers - Highlighting your code inside questions and answers makes it easier and faster for students to read it and share their feedback.

Quizzes - Highlight your code in the questions of a quiz and in the answers. This allows instructors to ask questions such as “Which is the correct way to solve this problem?” and prompt students to choose the correct answer from a set of different implementations.

Articles - Highlight your code in articles so that students can easily read and learn from it.

Your lecture format has a big impact on how your students will process information. The most effective courses use a mix of different formats to convey each message in the most engaging way. The three high level formats are video file, text article, and quiz. And within the video format, you can choose to create a talking head, screencast, or slide presentation.

Depending on the content you are teaching in an individual lecture, you should pick the lecture format that will provide the best visual accompaniment to your message. Below you will find a list of all the possible formats and tips when to best use them. You don’t have to use all types, but mixing it up provides variation to students, which helps guard against boredom and helps refocus attention!

Talking Head

Purpose: Build trust and credibility, demonstrate support or empathy for students, provide variation

Use for: Intro video, intro or summary of section, when you share a story or share your perspective, when you would otherwise stay on the same slide / screen page for a longer time (more than 30 seconds)

This guide outlines how you can add sections, lectures, and video content to your course.

How do I Add a Section to My Course?

To help students better understand how a Udemy course is organized, all lectures in a course should be contained in a section. To add a section to your course please follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the Curriculum page in your course management tools.

2. If you haven’t created a section yet for your course, click the + icon that appears.

If your course already has a section, hover your cursor over the white space just under or above the existing section and click the + icon that appears.

Enter a title for the section in the designated blank, and as an optional step, add a learning goal that students will achieve in the section (in the blank space under “What will students be able to do at the end of this section?”).

Click Add Section.

If you need to move the section into a different spot in the course curriculum, simply click on the section and drag it to the new location. Please note that any lectures located in the section will need to be moved separately.

How Do I Add a Lecture to My Course?

1. Navigate to the Curriculum page in your course management tools.

2. On the side, hover your cursor over the grey space within a section, where you want the lecture to be placed. Click the + icon that appears.

3. Next, select the type of curriculum item you want to add. In this case select Lecture.

If you need to move the lecture into a different spot in the course curriculum, simply click on the lecture and drag it to the new location. If you have a lecture that exists outside of a section, move it to an existing section, or create a new section that’s appropriate for it.

For a new course, all added lectures must have content before you submit the course for review and publication. To add content to a lecture please follow the steps below:

1. Click the + Content button that appears on the lecture item

2. Select the type of content you want to add to the lecture. Article lectures will contain only text, entered from a rich-text editor. Mashup lectures are synced combinations of pdf’s and video (more info can be viewed here). The following steps cover the most common content type on Udemy for lectures, Video.

3. After selecting Video, click Upload to select the appropriate video file from your computer (.mp4, .mov, or .wmv files are supported, and video files should be at least 720p and less than 4.0 GB). If you used theBulk Uploaderto add files, you can choose the tab that says Add From Library.

If your course is still in draft, your lecture will be automatically published when you submit your course for review. If you’re adding a lecture to a course that is already published, however, click Publish on the right-hand side of the lecture item.

4. If your course is still in draft your lecture will be automatically published when you submit your course for review. If you’re adding a lecture to a course that is already published, however, click Publish on the right-hand side of the lecture item.

Steps on how to add resources to your course lectures can be viewed in this article.

Adding captions to your video lectures is a great way of increasing student engagement and accessibility for your courses. This article outlines how you can create, add and manage captions for your course, and how you can edit auto-generated captions that have been added to your lectures, if required.

Auto-Generated Caption Program

As part of Udemy’s plan to expand the global reach of instructors, and help make course content more accessible to students around the world, we provide auto-generated captions in English, Spanish and Portuguese for video lectures instructed in these respective languages. Captions can make courses easier to comprehend, reinforce learning, and make courses accessible to hearing-impaired students.

There are a few ways that you can create captions for courses. Udemy relies on .vtt files for caption uploads, so any method you use will need to create a .vtt file (please note that captions are not a simple transcript or script of your course, but must be in this specific file format).

You can create .vtt files from scratch, using a simple text editor (for more info, please click here), and you can use free captioning software like Aegisub (link here). You can also use paid services like Cielo24 (link here).

Udemy has also started to provide automatically generated captions, which you can download, edit, and add to your course (please see the section "How to Edit Captions" below).

How to Upload Captions to Your Udemy Course

Once you have prepared the .vtt caption files, you can upload them to your course lecture by following the steps below:

1. Navigate to the Course Management page and click on Captions on the left hand side

2. At the top of the Captions page, select the language of the captions that you are uploading

3. Move your cursor to the video lecture that you have created captions for, and click on the upload icon

4. Once the caption has been successfully uploaded, the .vtt caption file will be visible

How to EditCaptions

As noted above, Udemy provides auto-generated, English, Spanish and Portuguese captions for courses in these respective languages. For more information on this program please click here.

For steps on how to use the captions editing tool to improve the captions that have been added to your course, please refer to this article.

How to Delete a Captions File

If you wish to delete a caption file you created and uploaded to a lecture, then click on the ellipses on the right hand side, and select Delete. Please note that deleting a caption file cannot be undone.

How to Disable or Enable The Captions

If you need to disable all of the existing captions for a specific language, you can quickly do so by following these steps:

1. Navigate to the Captions page

2. Select the language of the captions that you wish to disable

3. Click Disable on the right hand side

To enable the caption files, simply follow the steps outline above and click on Enable. Please note: in order to make the Enable icon active, each lecture on the Captions page must have a .vtt file uploaded to it.

If you have any additional questions regarding captions please contact our support team.

Instructors can use presentations from PowerPoint or Keynote to create video lectures for their courses, provided they include audio narration and are converted into a video file format (.MP4, .WMV, or .MOV files).

This article outlines how you can convert presentations from Powerpoint and Keynote into video lectures for your course.

Converting a PowerPoint Presentation Into a Video Lecture

If you have created a presentation in PowerPoint, and want to turn it into a video with narration, you can do this without any additional software. This feature is available in PowerPoint 2010 and later.

Record a Narration

You can audio to your Powerpoint slides by following the steps below:

Under the Slideshow tab, choose Record Slideshow.

This will launch the presentation, and it will record your narration through whatever is set as the default microphone on your computer (be sure to test that audio is being picked up by external mics).

Go through your presentation normally and it will record the entire session as you do. Be aware that under the same Record Slideshow dropdown, you can record over individual slides if you make a mistake.

For additional information on recording a narration using PowerPoint, please click here.

Saving The Presentation as a Video

Once you recorded your narration, you can convert your PowerPoint presentation into a video by using the Create Video settings. Be sure to save your file as both a PowerPoint file and a video file, so you can go back and edit the PowerPoint later if you need to.

For additional information on how to convert a PowerPoint presentation into a video with various versions of the software, please click here.

Converting a Keynote Presentation Into a Video Lecture

You can also use Keynote to create presentations with audio, which in turn, can be exported as a video lecture for your course.

Adding Audio to Your Keynote Presentation

You can audio to your Keynote presentation by following the steps below:

Click on the square icon in the toolbar, and then click the Audio tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.

Click Record in the sidebar, and then click on the red circle icon to begin. Be sure to speak clearly into the microphone.

To advance to the next slide, click the slide in the recording window, or press the right arrow key

To stop recording, click the red circle icon

Press Esc (Escape) to save the recording and exit the presentation

For more information on how to add audio to a Keynote presentation, please refer to this article.

Exporting a Keynote Presentation as a Video

Once you have added audio to your Keynote presentation, you can convert it into a video lecture for your course, by clicking on File, Export, and then Quicktime.

For more information on how to export your Keynote presentation into a video file, please click here.

Adding a multiple choice quiz to your course allows students to assess themselves as they learn course material. You can add a quiz to the course curriculum directly and it will appear in the course outline, where potential students can view your course.

Creating a Quiz

1. Navigate to the Curriculum page of your course.2. On the side, hover your cursor over the grey space within a section, where you want the quiz to be placed. Click the + icon that appears and then Quiz.

3. Name the quiz, add a description and click Add Quiz again

Adding Questions

After creating a new quiz, it's time to add multiple choice questions.

1. Click Questions and select Multiple Choice

2. Write the question you want to ask. You can even add an image if you wish

3. Enter the possible answers for the answer. You can add up to 15 choices.

4. Indicate the correct answer by pressing the bubble next to one of the multiple choices

5. Recommended: Explain why the answer is or isn't the best answer

6. Click Save

7. To add another question to the quiz, click New Question, and repeat the same steps outlined above

Related Lectures

To further help students, you can link a quiz to a specific lecture. With a related lecture, a student can return to a previous lecture and review material. Add a related lecture by clicking the dropdown menu under Related Lecture. The related lecture will only appear after a student has submitted their answer.

Editing a Quiz

Quizzes can be edited at any time.

Hover your mouse over a question. An icon will appear:

Edit - Clicking the pencil will allow you to modify quiz questions.

Delete - The trashcan will permanently erase a quiz question.

Move - The three lines will allow you to drag and drop questions.

Previewing and Publishing Your Quiz

When you're finished writing the quiz, click Publish to add it to your course. You can also preview the quiz as a student. You will not be able to submit responses, but you can see what the quiz will look like visually when students are taking the course.

You can create up to 550 curriculum items for a course (sections, lectures, quizzes, coding exercises, practice tests and assignments).

A mashup lecture includes both videos and PDF slides, and allows students to easily view text resources and videos at the same time. This article outlines how instructors can create and add this type of dynamic lecture to their courses.

Adding a Mashup Lecture to the Course Curriculum​

1. Navigate to the Curriculum page in your course management tools.

2. On the side, hover your cursor over the grey space within a section, where you want the mashup lecture to be placed. Click the + icon that appears.

3. Select Lecture, enter a title and click Add Lecture.4. Next, click the +Content button that appears on the lecture item.5. Select Mashup.

Uploading the Lecture Content

After adding the mashup placeholder to the curriculum, it's time to add the lecture’s content. Mashups are created with a video file and a PDF document (please note that the file uploads are limited to 1.0 GB).

You can follow the steps below to add PDF slides and a video to your mashup lecture:

1. Add a video and PDF to the lecture by clicking upload video and upload PDF file (currently videos and files can only be added to mashup lectures via the browser uploader, and not the bulk file uploader). Once the files are uploaded they will begin processing. Depending on your internet connection speed, the files should take about 5 minutes to process.

Please note: in order for the video and slides to finish processing, the curriculum page must be kept open in your browser.

2. Once the files have finished uploading, select the slides you wish to use, by clicking on the slide arrows or dashes below

3. Next, click Use this Video and Use this Presentation when you're ready to continue

Synchronizing the Video and PDF Slides

Once you have uploaded your video and PDF slide, you can synchronize the mashup lecture with the Text Editor. Add the slide and time in the format of the slide’s number, and the time you want it to appear in the video. Please note that the first slide must appear at the beginning of the lecture. Accordingly, 1, 0 must be entered for the first PDF slide. If you want the second slide to appear at say, the 20-second mark, then you would enter 2, 20. If you enter 6, 420, the sixth slide in the presentation will appear at the 8-minute mark (420 seconds).

You can also use hh:mm:ss format (2:05) to time the appearance of the slides.

When you're finished synchronizing the slides with the video, click Continue & Preview. If you're satisfied with how everything looks, click Save & Continue. If you’re adding the lecture to a published course, then you will need to click on Publish in the Course Curriculum, in order to make it live.

Below is an example of how a finished mashup lecture will appear, when the video is selected for the foreground.

If a student clicks on the slide image on the bottom right, then the slide will switch places with the video, and will appear in the foreground.

Please note: video-PDF mashup lectures are not supported by the preview function, and as a result, we recommend instructors do not select them for a course's Free Preview.

If you have any additional questions regarding how to create a Mashup lecture, please contact our support team.